Actor Dan Whitney, also known as Larry the Cable Guy, visits Iowa in an episode of his show "Only in America" that airs Wednesday on the History Channel. / AP

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IOWA EPISODE: The comedian visits the Iowa State Fair and other Iowa spots in an episode airing Wednesday.

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If you need something to discuss on your next trip to the water cooler, try this: “Did you hear about Larry the Cable Guy? I hear he wrestled an alligator at the Iowa State Fair.”

This scene is set to air Wednesday on the History Channel, which means it’s true.

The blue-collar comedian, whose ma and pa named Daniel Lawrence Whitney, hosts a show called “Only in America,” in which he does knuckleheaded things all over the country, including Iowa.

The third season started last week, and the show will feature him launching a bobble-head of himself into space from New Mexico, milking venom from snakes in Florida, and wrestling an ostrich in Arizona. (Wrestling seems to be a theme.)

In the upcoming Iowa episode, he’ll gather tips from Iowa State Fair carnies, swat bees at a honey farm and visit the little white house in Eldon that inspired Grant Wood’s “American Gothic.”

“I had a blast,” he said during a recent interview. “There is nothing more American than a state fair.”

The interview was part of a conference call with several reporters scattered nationwide, and Larry said that a lot: “There’s nothing more American than _______.”

Than know-how. Than small towns. Or Branson, where a magician turned him into a woman.

And there’s definitely nothing more American than John Wayne, whose character Rooster Cogburn is the namesake of the ostrich ranch that supplied the aforementioned wrestler.

It’s easy to dismiss Larry as some sort of redneck clown, but he doesn’t seem to care. He’ll take his bucket of money to the bank and check off his bucket list on the way there.

“I did most of that stuff during the first two seasons,” he said. “I’d always wanted to see the Pentagon, and I did. I’d always wanted to see an aircraft carrier, and I saw planes launch off the USS Nimitz. I was in a Civil War re-enactment. I got to do all that cool stuff right away.”